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WEYDEN, Rogier van der: Crucifixion Diptych

🖼 Crucifixion Diptych, c. 1460
Oil on oak panel
180 × 186 cm
Philadelphia, USA

Stark gold backgrounds frame two panels depicting Christ's agony and donor figures in jewel-toned robes, rendered with meticulous Flemish detail. This diptych format revolutionized private devotional art, merging spiritual intensity with intimate patronage—a defining work of Northern Renaissance piety.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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